AG says MRBI falls under open meeting law

4:15 PM,
Feb. 14, 2014

Written by

Jesselyn Bickley
and Mike Donahue

Officials and board officers of Mesquite Regional Business Inc. (MRBI) were stunned Friday and had little immediate comment at the Nevada attorney general's Thursday opinion that MRBI is subject to the state's open meeting law and, in essence, must allow the public in on its activities.

"This is huge, huge," said Dave Ballweg, MRBI board member. "It's precedent-setting for every 501(c)(6) in the state. We're still investigating the ramification of the opinion. Other than that, we don't have a formal statement."

"This definitely changes the way we do business," said Gaye Stockman, MRBI ...